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Bell first
learned about the infamous infection when she found out her daughter's
preschool had removed all of their carpets and sent them out to be cleaned. Why? Pinworms.

She
immediately went home to Google the highly contageous infection and discovered that her 3-year-old daughter, Delta, had
them.

"You have
to monitor, and you have to look in their poop," the mother of two told the audience.
"Sure enough, I wiped and saw a little white worm. I know ... she’s really
gross—my daughter, not the worm. The worm was gross, too."

Celebrity kids: They're just like ours!

But the
infestation didn't stop there. Later that day, Bell encountered a similar itch
of her own in an undisclosed location and the entire family was forced to
celebrate with a "shot of chalky nonsense" from the drugstore.

I know ... she’s really
gross—my daughter, not the worm.

"We all did it
[the treatment], but I don’t think anyone got it but me and Delta," she said
before leaving the stage and shaking Joel's hand, laughing as though she may still be contagious.

Guess what? McHale may want to do some research of his own because The Daily
Mail shared an Instagram story posted by Bell, claiming that Delta's
intruders had returned.

"I just
want to explain to you what I'm looking at right now," she said in a low
voice. "It's a pile of sh-t, literally, and at the top of it ... is a little
white pinworm."

"I thought
we had rid ourselves of these," she sighed. "And the
irony is so deep because I did the Joel McHale show two weeks ago. We had
pinworms three weeks ago—and the day after I post it, I find another
worm."

Bell then went on a brief rant: "Like, are
they following me? I mean, are they listening through my phone just waiting to
appear when I least expect it? Or do you have to dose twice for pinworms?"

The answer is
yes. You do have to dose twice, "because I looked it up and apparently they can
stick around," she added.

Though the
actress claims that her daughter is the only infected family member right now, she promises to keep us
informed of any changes.

"Now I
don't currently have pinworms again, I don't think," she said, "but you bet
your bottom dollar, I'll keep you updated on my symptoms."

At the end of
the video, Bell shared a brief audio clip of Delta informing her of the
illness.

“I have worms in
my butt and they are kind of itching," Delta said.

Mom’s advice: “OK. Don't itch it, though.”

Apparently, those
are words to live by when you’ve got sh-t to deal with.

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